Menopause Matters Forum
General Discussion => This 'n' That => Topic started by: CLKD on October 23, 2024, 09:45:35 AM
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One to prevent novo virus is being trialled across the World in the next 2 years. Yes Please :-X ;)
My friend has been offered: MMRI due to us being in our last 60s/70s. Apparently any immunity gained from having the various diseases that this is covered, will have 'worn off by now'. That's 1 I won't be having. As a child I had chickenpox as did DH who had shingles in August ; same virus. I had measles, didn't feel ill until I looked in the mirror :o :-\. My sister had mumps on one side, DH has never had it, nor did I.
When I had my blood tests prior to getting my Contract in the NHS I was told that I had been affected by German Measles. [which another friend had 3 times]. Apart from 1 hot Summer in the 1960s when several of us had rashes: caused we thought by eating too many strawberries and sugar ::): I had no awareness until the blood tests over 20 years later.
What other vaccines has any1 been offered?
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We had our covid/flu boosters earlier, DH had both I opted out of the 'flu as I haven't had it since 1989. Nothing was suggested about more vaccines being offered ..........
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Why not have the flu vaccine?
I thought as the virus can mutate that it is best to keep up to date with the latest vaccine.
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The only two years I had the flu vaccine were the years it was given free where i worked and I subsequently ended up with the most horrendous viruses which laid me up for over a week each time.
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That's because your immune system was triggered Penguin, same happened to me with the shingles booster.
As I haven't had the flu since 1989 I don't think it necessary to keep putting stuff into my system. Shingles jab as new to my body and activated by the booster; DH had the jab 14 months ago, had shingles in July/August but wasn't as ill as he might have been.
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That's because your immune system was triggered Penguin, same happened to me with the shingles booster.
As I haven't had the flu since 1989 I don't think it necessary to keep putting stuff into my system. Shingles jab as new to my body and activated by the booster; DH had the jab 14 months ago, had shingles in July/August but wasn't as ill as he might have been.
It wasn't straight after tho, it was later in the season, I mean maybe a month or so later. I honestly think it weakened my immune system that year. Whereas with the covid jabs I had a reaction immediately and was very unwell for a few days. I had two jabs plus a booster and while I regretted it at the time, I do think it probably explains why I didn't get covid that badly.
Are you meant to get the shingles jab even if you have had chicken pox?
Have you had the pneumonia one, the one that lasts for 5 years?
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Regardless - the chickenpox virus stays in the body until shingles is triggered either by being close to a child with chickenpox, touching a handle for example that has been contaminated or from shock. One cannot catch shingles from a sufferer though they should isolate until the blisters dry as it can trigger chickenpox ::) clear as mud.
So yes, have the shingles jab. DH had a single dose, I had the vaccination and then the booster which triggered the reaction.
I think that I had the pneumonia vaccine ......... wasn't told how long it would last, it was simply given and I didn't think to ask ::)